
Ulrich Mühe
Friedrich Hans Ulrich Mühe (20 June 1953 – 22 July 2007) was a German film, television and theatre actor. He played the role of Hauptmann (Captain) Gerd Wiesler in the Oscar-winning film Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others, 2006), for which he received the award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, Gold, at Germany's most prestigious film awards, the Deutscher Filmpreis (German Film Awards); and the Best Actor Award at the 2006 European Film Awards.
Curiously, events in Mühe's life were mirrored by the plot of the film, as he allegedly discovered in a Stasi file compiled on him that he had been under surveillance by his second wife, Jenny Gröllmann. Gröllmann denied this, and after an acrimonious and highly-publicized court case she succeeded in obtaining an injunction to prevent Mühe from repeating the allegation in a book.
After leaving school, Mühe was employed as a construction worker and a border guard at the Berlin Wall. He then turned to acting, and from the late 1970s into the 1980s appeared in numerous plays, becoming a star of the Deutsches Theater in East Berlin. He was active in politics and denounced Communist rule in East Germany in a memorable address at the Alexanderplatz demonstration on 4 November 1989 shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall. After German reunification he continued to appear in a large number of films, television programmes and theatre productions. In Germany he was particularly known for playing the lead role of Dr. Robert Kolmaar in the long-running forensic crime series Der letzte Zeuge (The Last Witness, 1998–2007).
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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 4.063 |
Birthday | 1953-06-20 |
Place of Birth | Grimma, Germany |
Also Known As | Friedrich Hans Ulrich Mühe, |

2006

The Lives of Others
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In 1983 East Berlin, dedicated Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler begins spying on a famous playwright and his actress-lover Christa-Maria. Wiesler becomes un...
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The Lives of Others

1997

Funny Games
7.3/1849
Two psychotic young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for th...
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Funny Games

1992

Benny's Video
6.9/353
A 14-year-old video enthusiast obsessed with violent films decides to make one of his own and show it to his parents, with tragic results.
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Benny's Video

2010

Nemesis
4.2/2
Claire and Robert spend most of their time in a house they own in the beautiful and remote countryside in Italy. Their life seems to be perfect. But w...
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Nemesis

2005

Snowland
4.6/5
Based on the novel Hohaj by Elisabeth Rynell, it depicts the devastation felt by Elizabeth, a woman who had lost her husband in a car accident and wan...
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Snowland

1992

Schtonk!
7/68
Schtonk! is a farce of the actual events of 1983, when Germany's Stern magazine published, with great fanfare, 60 volumes of the alleged diaries of Ad...
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Schtonk!

2007

My Führer
5.693/101
Hitler no longer believes in himself, and can barely see himself as an equal to even his sheep dog. But to seize the helm of the war he would have to...
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My Führer

1998

Night Time
5.6/5
Thomas Krömer follows the traces of a brutal murder in werewolf-manner out of personal interest. After investigating for some time, the traces all poi...
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Night Time

2002

Amen.
7/340
Kurt Gerstein—a member of the Institute for Hygiene of the Waffen-SS—is horrified by what he sees in the death camps. he is then shocked to learn that...
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Amen.

1997

The Castle
6/57
Michael Haneke's adaptation of Franz Kafka's unfinished novel Das Schloss. K arrives in a remote village a stranger. In attempting to establish himsel...
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The Castle

1995

Rudy, the Racing Pig
5.9/14
Flat-dwelling urban family win a pig in a raffle, and decide to keep it. They lose their flat (no pets allowed) but eventually Rudi the pig makes good...
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Rudy, the Racing Pig

1991

Jugend ohne Gott
6/1
A teacher at a German high-school in the nineteen thirties has issues with his students who seem to be getting less human and more convinced of Nazi i...
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Jugend ohne Gott

1986

Das Buschgespenst
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Das Buschgespenst

2006

Das Geheimnis von St. Ambrose
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There's a secret in the St. Ambrose Chapel...
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Das Geheimnis von St. Ambrose

1989

Spider's Web
6.25/8
Ulrich Mühe plays a German businessman who was born completely without scruples. This makes him an eminently suitable candidate for success in the cha...
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Spider's Web

1993

The Last U-Boat
5.4/9
Near the end of WWII a lone U-Boat is sent from Germany to Japan carrying plutonium needed for a Japanese A-Bomb. During the long journey, news arrive...
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The Last U-Boat

1999

Einfach raus
4/3
"Einfach raus!" is the wish that 18-year-old Andreas has had for a long time. Simply get out of the GDR and go to the West to realize his life's dream...
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Einfach raus

1997

Little Angel
1/1
Ramona lives her lonely life in Berlin working in a lipstick factory. One day she accidentally runs into Andrzei, a Polish mechanic illegally selling...
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Little Angel

2001

Goebbels und Geduldig
6/1
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Goebbels und Geduldig

2004

Hunger auf Leben
4/2
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Hunger auf Leben

1995

… nächste Woche ist Frieden
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… nächste Woche ist Frieden

1995

Nikolaikirche
4.5/2
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Nikolaikirche

2006

Peer Gynt
4.8/5
Young Peer Gynt returns home once again after unsuccessfully looking for work. His mother already goes to meet him and he describes his alleged advent...
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Peer Gynt

1999

Straight Shooter
4.9/11
After his daughter died of cancer, former French foreign legionnaire "Straight Shooter" alias Volker Bretz threatens those who financed, built, favour...
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Straight Shooter

1993

Das tödliche Auge
2/1
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Das tödliche Auge

1985

The Woman and the Stranger
4.4/5
Based on a switched identity, in circumstances that are found in real life as well as fiction, this drama tells the story of two soldiers fighting tog...
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The Woman and the Stranger

1984

Die Poggenpuhls
4/1
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Die Poggenpuhls

1985

Hälfte des Lebens
3.9/4
This tragic love story relates ten decisive years in the life of the great Romantic poet Friedrich Hölderlin, played by a young Ulrich Mühe.
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Hälfte des Lebens

1996

Peanuts - Die Bank zahlt alles
4/1
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Peanuts - Die Bank zahlt alles

1997

Sterben ist gesünder
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Sterben ist gesünder

1998

36 Stunden Angst - Ein Vater kämpft um sein Kind
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36 Stunden Angst - Ein Vater kämpft um sein Kind

1983

Olle Henry
4/2
1945. Peace still bears the traces of war everywhere. There meet the animated girl Xenia and the former boxer Henry. Being together gives them a sense...
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Olle Henry

1994

The Blue One
3.9/5
In this German political drama, an ex-Stasi agent encounters an old friend whom he may have betrayed after his friend tried to escape East Germany. Th...
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The Blue One

2003

Alles Samba
4.8/2
Art expert Katharina Diezmann is out of the blue, when one day the little Brazilian Marcia is standing at her door. Years ago Katharina had taken over...
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Alles Samba

1995

Nadja – Heimkehr in die Fremde
0/0
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Nadja – Heimkehr in die Fremde

2003

Spy Sorge
7.5/6
A foreign spy using the Sorge alias is assigned to Tokyo the capital of Japan just prior to the outbreak of World War II and in the midst of the Japan...
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Spy Sorge

2001

Dreimal Leben
0/0
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Dreimal Leben

1991

Der kleine Herr Friedemann
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Der kleine Herr Friedemann

1987

Die erste Reihe
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Die erste Reihe

1990

Hard Days, Hard Nights
2/1
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Hard Days, Hard Nights

1995

Geschäfte
1/1
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Geschäfte

1989

Späte Ankunft
0/0
In 1896 the Berlin noble doctor Dr. Wilhelm Holtfreter takes over his well-to-do wife Mathilde and takes over the country doctor's office in the Pruss...
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Späte Ankunft

1983

Gespenster
8/1
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Gespenster

2003

Hamlet_X
5/3
A great mosaic, a labyrinth of scenes, dialogue splinters, interviews, portraits of people surrounding Hamlet and wanting to be part of his story.
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Hamlet_X

1999

Todesengel
3.7/3
A 15-year-old girl goes into the woods with some friends at night. She is raped by three men. Those who witnessed the crime did nothing and are not ke...
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Todesengel

1998

Rider of the Flames
0/0
Feuerreiter is an elegant period drama that begins in Frankfurt in 1796. Through his friend, Baron von Sinclair, romantic and rebellious poet Friedric...
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Rider of the Flames

1990

Die Zeit ist aus den Fugen
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Die Zeit ist aus den Fugen

1987

Sansibar oder Der letzte Grund
6/1
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Sansibar oder Der letzte Grund

2004

Der Ausländer
0/0
Documentary by Thomas Heise filmed in East Berlin in 1987/88.
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Der Ausländer

1997

Deadly Silence
1/1
A gay man's return to his family in East Germany begins a series of tragic events.
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Deadly Silence

1983

Der Mann und sein Name
0/0
Based on a story by Anna Seghers.
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Der Mann und sein Name

1990

Longing
0/0
Ena lives on a remote farmstead. One stormy night, hydraulic engineer Sieghart appears at her door after his car gets stuck in the mud. Although Ena f...
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Longing

1988

Nadine, meine Liebe
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Nadine, meine Liebe

1985

Die dritte Frau
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Die dritte Frau

1990

Nathan der Weise
0/0
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Nathan der Weise

2011

Jedermann Remixed
0/0
Based on archive holdings from nine decades, director Hannes Rossacher has created a complete Jedermann performance and thus a unique cultural-histori...
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